Princeton University
History and East Asian Studies
23 was lively and diverse, particularly because it originally surfaced in a variety of contexts, and blended notions of Tokugawa anti-authoritarianism 10 with frequently conflated 'Western'rights discourses. In addition, the... more
Richard Samuels's book Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan raises a number of important issues concerning political leadership and the role individual leaders can play in a nation's history.... more
Argues that more than innovation, the effective adaption of weapons proved decisive and argues that "technology" is best understood as a process or technique, rather than an object
Introduction to the text BAISHŌRON. For the complete translation of this and other valuable warrior tales by Royall Tyler, explore the Fourteenth-Century Voices series available at Amazon
Review of Kuroda Hideo's study about three portraits of Ashikaga shoguns which are held at Jingoji. These portraits are famous, but have been misidentified. One in particular, long thought to have been the image of Minamoto Yoritomo, was... more
Japanese introduction, transcription and photograph of an Ōuchi genealogy discovered by the author.
Analysis of the Ema, a warrior family who controlled a crossroads in a mountainous area of central Japan
Reveals the 1486 apotheosis of Ōuchi Norihiro which became the template for the apotheosis of later leaders of Japan such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Provides evidence of a hitherto unknown attempt by Ōuchi Yoshitaka to move the court, and emperor, to Yamaguchi in 1551.
Prophecies profoundly influenced historical narratives in fifteenth century Japan. The narrative of Oninki (The chronicle of Onin) was constructed so that events would better resonate with a prophecy known as Yamataishi, and the chronicle... more